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SoFi offers discounted loans to WeWork

A man enter the doors of the WeWork cooperative work space. Photo: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images

SoFi has inked a deal with WeWork to make its student and personal loans available to the co-working giant's more than 3,000 employees and 175,000 customers in the U.S. at discounted rates, though they still have to qualify.

Why it matters: Student loans and other debt are a top barrier to riskier career bets like entrepreneurship or even going back to school.

But: While noble in mission, loan services like SoFi tend to favor borrowers with high incomes and low risks of defaulting, as BuzzFeed reported a year ago — not the profile of those most saddled by student debt.

Protesters gather north of Lafayette Square near the White House during a demonstration against racism and police brutality, in Washington, D.C. on Saturday evening. Photo: Jose Luis Magana/AFP via Getty Images

Tens of thousands of demonstrators have been rallying in cities across the U.S. and around the world to protest the killing of George Floyd. Huge crowds assembled in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Chicago for full-day events on Saturday.